M.T.V. Get off the M.T.V. Get off the M.T.V. Get off the airGet off the air

See the latest rejects from the muppet showWag their tits and their dicksAs they lip-synch on screen There's something I don't likeAbout a band who always smilesAnother tax write-offFor some schmuck who doesn't care

M.T.V. Get off the air And so it wasOur beloved corporate godsClaimed they created rock videoAllowing it to sink as low in one yearAs commercial TV has in 25 "It's the new frontier," they sayIt's wide open, anything can happenBut you've got a lot of nerveTo call yourself a pioneerWhen you're too god-damn conservativeTo take real chances.

Tin-earedGraph-paper brained accountantsInstead of music fansCall all the shots at giant record companies now

The lowest common denominator rulesForget honestyForget creativityThe dumbest buy the mostestThat's the name of the game

But sales are slumpingAnd no one will say whyCould it be they put out one too many lousy records?!?